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Telluride Film Festival Lineup: Never Let Me Go Premieres, But What Else?

Would you buy tickets to a film festival without knowing what it had to offer? You might if it were the Telluride Film Festival, which begins in Colorado tomorrow but didn’t announce its lineup until just now . The modest but prestigious fest has launched several Oscar contenders in the past, so what can it boast this year?

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Telluride Film Festival Lineup: Never Let Me Go Premieres, But What Else?

Here is the Tom Hardy Workout Video You Didn’t Know You Wanted

Here’s something nice for you to watch while you’re eating an entire thing of Gallo salami slices at your desk (as I may or may not be doing currently): a workout video starring Inception’s semi-bisexual breakout Tom Hardy. The clip was shot as Hardy buffed up for his unrecognizable role in last year’s Bronson , and it’s an interesting testimonial to the modern-day reality that our best actors need to be absolute gym fiends (and that loose, baggy gym pants can still be oddly revealing). Enjoy!

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Here is the Tom Hardy Workout Video You Didn’t Know You Wanted

REVIEW: You’ll Hate Going the Distance Long Before You Relate to It

I stand before you the apparent target market for Going the Distance , the latest ‘x’ in the “con” column of Drew Barrymore’s exasperating career ledger. After a recent expedition into critically acclaimed territory that produced her directing debut Whip It and a first Golden Globe for her performance as Little Edie Bouvier in Gray Gardens , she has returned to the populous, brain-bashing shoals of romantic comedy. Similar to He’s Just Not That Into You , which was based on a bestselling dating guide that seemed to capture the imagination of budding Cathy’s everywhere, Going the Distance hopes to skate by on its thin blade of cultural cachet. Having declared fantasy passé, certain rom-com scientists are exploring the lure not of engaging escapism but tame, tranquilizing relatability . It’s a concept so edgy my spellchecker is rejecting it. But it’s a word, spellchecker. It’s also now a selling edge for the same old crappy motion picture.

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REVIEW: You’ll Hate Going the Distance Long Before You Relate to It